The Star ran a piece on Bono and The Edge collaborating on a musical version of Spider-Man.

Spidey doesn’t sing, and neither does Peter Parker. Must the webbed wonder boogie to U2?

Musicals based on movies have supplanted the creation of original musicals which subsequently became movies, and there’s an essay to be written on this change, unique to the last 10 years, although one could perhaps distill the basic theories down to corporations wanting to spin a popular commodity in a new market, which helps re-sell the DVD, the original soundtrack album, and related merchandise.

Doesn’t sound very creative, does it?

I’ll have a list of the latest and imminent soundtrack releases shortly, but I’ve uploaded new soundtrack reviews:

Silva Screen reissued Roy Budd’s sublime Get Carter score, and alongside a review of that 1971 classic is Tyler Bates superb score for the 2000 remake.

To deepen the score’s review and uniqueness, I’ve added a film review of the German release version, which does do the rounds on German TV and enjoyed a brief Region 2 DVD release, but has once again disappeared from view.

Donald Sutherland plays a cadaver. It should be seen just for those precious, goofy minutes, because he’s that good.